Tag: Visioning

Artifact: East Boston High School’s Understanding by Design Template- Stage 2

East Boston High School employs the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework to create engaging and effective learning experiences. Teachers collaboratively develop units, focusing on clear learning outcomes and essential questions. By working backward from desired results, across three different stages of implementation, educators design instruction and assessments that align seamlessly. This resource shares the Stage 1 template; view Stage 1 and Stage 3 template.

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September 17, 2024

Executive Summary: Where, Why, How – Deepening Analysis of the U.S. K-12 Virtual Learning Landscape

This is the Executive summary for a report from The Learning Accelerator (TLA), “Where, Why, How: Deepening Analysis of the U.S. K-12 Virtual Learning Landscape,” which explores the current state of virtual and hybrid learning models across the United States and their viability as a tool to expand access to high-quality education for students across the country. Explore the full report.

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September 9, 2024

Report: Where, Why, How: Deepening Analysis of the U.S. K-12 Virtual Learning Landscape

This report from The Learning Accelerator (TLA), “Where, Why, How: Deepening Analysis of the U.S. K-12 Virtual Learning Landscape,” explores the current state of virtual and hybrid learning models across the United States and their viability as a tool to expand access to high-quality education for students across the country. Explore this report’s standalone executive summary.

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September 9, 2024

Artifact: East Boston High School’s Understanding by Design Template- Stage 1

East Boston High School employs the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework to create engaging and effective learning experiences. Teachers collaboratively develop units, focusing on clear learning outcomes and essential questions. By working backward from desired results, across three different stages of implementation, educators design instruction and assessments that align seamlessly. This resource shares the Stage 1 template; view Stage 2 and Stage 3 template.

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August 13, 2024

Artifact: East Boston High School’s Unified Vision for Success

East Boston High School has a unified vision for success that helps the school orient to keep levers that have allowed them to identify key strategies. The school focuses on Teacher-led Culture of Collaboration, Consistent Systems for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, and Building Relationships and Impacting School Culture.

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August 13, 2024

Self-Assessment: Equitable EdTech Systems

This self-assessment mirrors the structure of the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation, distilling foundational concepts into a series of statements about users’ edtech practices. Using a modified version of the Stoplight Protocol from DataWise, users indicate how often they engage in each practice – consistently, in pockets, or not at all. Additionally, it provides space for users to add evidence to support their ratings and observations or to capture reflections. The information collected in this worksheet will help leaders identify potential areas to target for systems-level process improvements.

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June 14, 2024

Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: My Tech High’s Tuition-Free & Student-Centered Approach to Virtual Learning

In this episode of TLA’s “Beyond Brick and Mortar” podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way, we chat with Matt Bowman, founder and CEO at My Tech High. Learn about their innovative model focused on personalizing education to students’ individual goals and learning preferences, offering their students flexibility and a tailored approach to education – all at no cost to families.

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May 19, 2023
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